An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.